Reading

Locus list of upcoming book releases

OCTOBER 2025

  • CATHERINE ASARO • Gold Dust • Baen, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • NATHAN BALLINGRUD • Cathedral of the Drowned • Tor/Nightfire, Oct 2025 (na, h, tp, eb)
  • NATHAN BALLINGRUD • Cathedral of the Drowned • Titan Books UK, Oct 2025 (na, h, hc, eb)
  • OLIVIE BLAKE • Girl Dinner • Macmillan UK/Mantle, Oct 2025 (h, hc)
  • OLIVIE BLAKE • Girl Dinner • Tor, Oct 2025 (c, hc)
  • PATRICIA BRIGGS • Blind Date with a Werewolf • Ace, Oct 2025 (c, hc, eb)
  • KRISTEN BRITAIN • Falling in a Sea of Stars • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2025 (1st UK, tp, eb)
  • D.J. BUTLER & AARON MICHAEL RITCHEY • The Familiar Spirit • Baen, Oct 2025 (tp, eb)
  • GRACE BYRON • Herculine • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ISABEL CAÑAS • The Possession of Alba Díaz • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Oct 2025 (1st UK, h, tp, eb)
  • ELLEN DATLOW, ED. • The Best Horror of the Year • Volume Seventeen, Night Shade Books, Oct 2025 (tp, eb)
  • CORY DOCTOROW • Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It • Verso, Oct 2025 (nf, a, hc, eb)
  • STEVEN ERIKSON • No Life forsaken • Penguin Random House UK/Bantam UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • STEVEN ERIKSON • No Life forsaken • Tor, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • MAX GLADSTONE • Dead Hand Rule • Tor, Oct 2025 (tp, eb)
  • ALIX E. HARROW • The Everlasting • Macmillan/Tor UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ALIX E. HARROW • The Everlasting • Tor, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • JOE HILL • King Sorrow • HarperCollins/Mor­row, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • JOE HILL • King Sorrow • Headline UK, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • JIM C. HINES • Slayers of Old • Astra House/DAW, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • T.L. HUCHU • Secrets of the First School • Mac­millan/Tor UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ALLAN KASTER, ED. • The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Sixth Annual Collection • AudioText/Infinivox, Oct 2025 (an, tp, eb)
  • JOE R. LANSDALE • The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale • Tachyon Publications, Oct 2025 (c, tp, eb)
  • CIXIN LIU • The Collected Short Stories • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Oct 2025 (c, hc, eb)
  • KEN LIU • All That We See or Seem • Blooms­bury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • KEN LIU • All That We See or Seem • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN MABERRY • Cold War • Blackstone Publishing and Weird Tales Presents, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP • The Essential Patricia A. McKil­lip • Tachyon Publications, Oct 2025 (c, tp, eb)
  • SAM J. MILLER & MARY ROBI­NETTE KOWAL • Red Star Hustle/Apprehension • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2025 (oa, tp, eb)
  • L.E. MODESITT, JR. • Legalist • Tor, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • MICHAEL MOORCOCK & MARK HODDER • The Albino’s Secret • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • MICHAEL MOORCOCK & MARK HODDER • The Albino’s Secret • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • SIMON MORDEN • The History of the World • New­Con Press UK, Oct 2025 (na, tp, hc, eb)
  • RICHARD MORGAN • No Man’s Land • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • RICHARD K. MORGAN • No Man’s Land • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • KIM NEWMAN • Model Actress Whatever • Titan Books UK, Oct 2025 (tp, eb)
  • THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT • Darker Days • Penguin Random House UK/Bantam UK, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT • Darker Days • Harper, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • PHILIP PULLMAN • The Book of Dust • Volume Three: The Rose Field, Penguin Random House UK/Penguin and David Fickling UK, Oct 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
  • PHILIP PULLMAN • The Book of Dust • Volume Three: The Rose Field, Penguin Random House/Knopf, Oct 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
  • THOMAS PYNCHON • Shadow Ticket • Penguin Random House/Penguin Press, Oct 2025 (hc, tp, eb)
  • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • The Dagger in Vichy • Subterra­nean Press, Oct 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • EDEN ROYCE • Psychopomp and Circumstance • Tordotcom, Oct 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • A.G. SLATTER • The Cold House • Titan Books UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • CAITLIN STARLING • The Graceview Patient • St. Mar­tin’s, Oct 2025 (h, hc, eb)
  • JONATHAN STRAHAN, ED. • Revolution in the Heart • Titan Books UK, Oct 2025 (oa, hc, eb)
  • TASHA SURI • The Isle in the Silver Sea • Orbit US, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • TASHA SURI • The Isle in the Silver Sea • Orbit UK, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)
  • ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Lives of Bitter Rain • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Oct 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • CARRIE VAUGHN • The Glass Slide World • Amazon/47North, Oct 2025 (v, tp, eb)
  • NGHI VO • A Mouthful of Dust • Tordotcom, Oct 2025 (na, hc, eb)
  • MARTHA WELLS • Queen Demon • Tor, Oct 2025 (hc, eb)